Dentification-tag locket or holder.



T. W. FOSTER.

IDENTIFICATION TAG LOCKET 0R HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED lUNE 20,1917.

Clftozuc T) Patented. Feb. 12, 1918.

J1/1 ual/1to1 naaien THEODORE W. FOSTER, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND,ASSIGNOB. T0 THEODOBE W. FOSTER & BRO. COMPANY, 0F PROVIDENCE, RHODEISLAND, A CORPORATION 0F MAINE.

mENTIFICATION-TAG LOCKET 0R HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 12, 1918.

Application led .Tune 20, 1917. Serial No. 175,747.

locket or holder, and it has for an object to provide a locketattachment for containing the identification tag usually worn bysoldiers, and others, about their necks.

The invention broadly consists in an attachment for identification tagsof that type which is worn about the neck and suspended therefrom by achain or ribbon, said attachment being of an ornamental nature anddesigned for inclosing the tag and containing a photograph either of thewearer or other person which might aid further in the identification ofthe wearer.

The invention further resides in the specific features of constructionhereinafter described in detail and succintly delined in the claims,reference being had to the accompanying drawing wherein- Figure 1 is anelevation of the locket or holder as applied to an identification tag,the suspending ribbon of the latter being broken away.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the locket opened, showing the arrangementof the tag therein.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1 further showing theinterim` construction of the locket.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2 of a slightly modified form of thelocket attachment, and Y Fig. 5 is still further a modified form of theinvention.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates theusual identification tag which may bear the name of the wearer, or otheridentifying character, and which is suspended or hung about the neck bya ribbon 2.

The locket attachment therefor comprises a casing consisting of twohingedly connected sections 3 and 4 that are secured closed by thespring catch 5. Either section may be provided with aphotograph-retaining ring or frame 6 having a. transparent filling 7, asdepicted in Fig. 2, or each section may be equipped with a retainingframe, as illustrated in Fig. 4.

The rim of each section is formed in its upper edge with a recess orcut-out 8 for the reception of the ribbon 2, said cut-outs opposing oneanother when the locket is closed. The section 4 is provided with abroad rim 9 for seating on the tag to hold the same Within the hollowportion of section 3 and thereby prevent undue rattling movement of saidtag.

In Fig. 4 the cut-out 8 of one section is provided with a guard 10 forholding the ribbon within the cut-out and prevent dislodgment therefromwhen the locket is opened, said guard consisting of a length of wireextending across the ribbon and having its ends soldered, or otherwisesecured, to the rim of the section on opposite sides of the cut-out. Theopposing cut-out is formed with end notches 11 to receive the ends ofthe guard wire when the locket is closed, as is obvious.

Fig. 5 illustrates a further embodiment in which the guard is formedintegral with the rim by cutting away the outer portion of the latter toprovide the cut-out 8. In either form, the suspension ribbon is threadedbeneath the guard which latter serves to retain the former seated in thecut-out so that the locket may be opened and closed without interferencefrom the ribbon which might otherwise become dislodged.

The locket may be of any desired and ornamental design, and although thesame has herein been described in connection with identification tags,it is obvious that its use is not limited to such for it might equallyas well be used by bathers to contain their locker checks, which areusually worn about their necks, or the tag might beemployed merely as ameans of connection between the ribbon and the locket.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. An identification member comprising a taghaving a perforation adjacent its edge, a flexible suspending elementfor the tag passed through the perforation thereof, a locket attachmentcomprising a pair of sections hingedly connected to one another forclosingl about the tag, being provided with opposing edge cut-outs forreceiving the suspending element whereby the sections of the loclietattachment may completely close, and means for holding the sectionsclosed.

2. An identification member comprising a tag perforated adjacent itsedge, a suspension element secured in the perforation of the tag, alocket attachment consisting of a plurality of sections hinged togetherfor closing about the tag, said locket attach-v ment having a cut outportion in the abutting edges of the hinged sections to receive thesuspension element, and a strip like guard carried by one section andextending across the cut-out portion for holding the suspension elementtherein When the sec- 15 tions are opened.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

THEODORE W. FOSTER.

In presence of- L. lV. FITCH, D. V. CAFFERTY.

